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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rebecca tell Magda to go once she and Manny had returned home from the pool hall?
(a) To their neighbor Sophie's house.
(b) To the pool hall.
(c) To her friend Linda's house.
(d) In the back bedroom to watch Pedi.

2. What did Manny mean when he said, "I was of my grandpa Ignacio's line of useful blood?" (6)
(a) He meant that his grandfather would do whatever he could for anyone in need.
(b) He meant that his grandfather believed in organ and blood donation.
(c) He meant that his grandfather believed that family should come before everything else in life.
(d) He meant that his grandfather was an extremely hard worker.

3. Though kids were not allowed at the pool hall, where was Manny sometimes allowed to sit in order to wait for his dad?
(a) At a picnic table just outside the front doors.
(b) In the kitchen next to the dishwasher.
(c) On a stool at the far end of the bar.
(d) In the men's room.

4. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?
(a) It had belonged to her late husband.
(b) It was dirty with grime.
(c) She wondered if it would support her weight.
(d) She had asked him to bring her the lawnchair.

5. What was inside the pinata that held the candies and chocolates that burst forth when Rebecca hit it as a child?
(a) A plastic bag.
(b) A Tupperware container.
(c) A clay pot.
(d) A Coke bottle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flaw did the asphalt in front of Grandma Rosa's house exhibit?

2. What objects did Manny's and Nardo's father give them in which they could collect chili peppers in the fields?

3. What was it about chili pepper picking that "lured workers from Mexico needing quick cash for rent or emergency food" (11)?

4. After Mr. Hart left, Manny felt how angry Manuel was and he wanted to run away. What prevented him from running away?

5. What did Manny list as Nardo's sole physical flaw?

(see the answer key)

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